Audit of USAID/West Bank and Gaza's Partner Vetting and Geo-Management Information Systems

USAID/West Bank and Gaza implement procedures requiring written access requests for all authorized Partner Vetting System and Geo-Management Information System users.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza review and document the review results on roles assigned to Geo-Management Information System and Partner Vetting System administrators, and correct any separation of duties weaknesses noted, or document reasons for not correcting noted weaknesses.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza review and document the results of the review on users with system administrator rights and other privileged roles in the Partner Vetting System, and remove these roles as needed to enforce least privilege.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza document the acceptable number of user log-on attempts before a Geo-Management Information System user account is locked and incorporate this control into the Geo-Management Information System application.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza modify its Geo-Management Information System user notification to comply with National Institute for Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza define and document its session lock criteria for the Geo-Management Information System in management-approved procedures.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza modify the Geo-Management Information System to prevent the display of data once the system locks the session.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza provide training to the system administrators of the Partner Vetting System, Partner Vetting System Nongovernmental Organization Portal and Geo-Management Information
System on information system security and security requirements for federal information
systems.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza implement a comprehensive identification and authentication policy and procedures for the Geo-Management Information System to comply with the guidance of National Institute for Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53.

Following the implementation of the identification and authentication policy and procedures for the Geo-Management Information
System, we recommend that USAID/West Bank and Gaza implement procedures to conduct periodic reviews and document the review results to comply with the guidance of National Institute for Standards and Technology Special Publication
800-53.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza incorporate authenticator management controls in the Geo-Management Information System to enforce minimum password complexity, minimum number of changed characters when new passwords are created, encrypted representations of passwords for storage and transmission, password minimum and maximum lifetime restrictions, rules governing recycling of passwords, and the use of a temporary password for system log-ons with an
immediate change to a permanent password, in compliance with National Institute for Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53.

USAID/Office of Security incorporate authenticator management control in the Partner Vetting System Nongovernmental Organization Portal to enforce minimum password lifetime
parameters for user accounts to comply with National Institute for Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza implement controls in the Geo-Management Information System so the system does not retain user log-ons after it terminates a communication session.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza use a secure session for transmitting data from its implementing partners.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza, in coordination with USAID/Office of Security, implement necessary changes to the Partner Vetting System Nongovernmental Organization Portal to eliminate
restrictions on age limits in the birth date fields in the Partner Information Form and allowing changes made to be reflected in the form.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza review and document the frequency and level of certification required by the contracting officer's representatives and agreement officer's representatives in the Geo-
Management Information System.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza implement a policy to periodically validate contracting officer's representatives and agreement officer's representatives compliance with Geo-Management
Information System certification requirements.